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Home Front: Politix
Cincinnati Nun Pleads Guilty To Voter Fraud; Escapes Prison
2013-04-17
[cincinnati.com] Marguerite Kloos walked into court Tuesday as a nun who devoted her life to her religion. When she walked out, she was a convicted felon who escaped a prison term.

Kloos, 54, of Delhi Township, pleaded guilty to illegal voting, admitting to filling out and filing an absentee ballot for Sister Rose Marie Hewitt, Kloos' friend who died before last November's election.

In a brief hearing before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Robert Winkler, Kloos pleaded guilty as charged but was sentenced to the diversion program. If she stays out of trouble, usually for a year, her record will be erased and legally it will be as if it never happened. As part of that agreement, she also has to report to authorities periodically and perform community service. The charge carried a maximum prison sentence of 18 months.

Hewitt requested an absentee ballot from the Board of Elections in September. It was mailed to her Oct. 4, the day she died.

"When the absentee ballot was received at Ms. Hewitt's address, (Kloos) opened the envelope, forged Ms. Hewitt's signature, voted Ms. Hewitt's ballot, and mailed the ballot back to the Board of Elections," a court document notes.

After the allegation was made public, Kloos resigned as The College of Mount St. Joseph's Dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities,
It will be interesting to see what Pope Francis makes of this, as he works to clean out the disobedient from among the Church's distaff brethren.
Hers was one of three cases Hamilton County decided -- so far -- to prosecute from last fall's elections.

Melowese Richardson, 58, of Madisonville, is in court Wednesday charged with eight counts of illegal voting. She was a poll worker accused of voting twice in the November presidential election and for relatives in various elections. Her charges charges carry up to 12 years in prison.

Russell Glassop, 75, of Symmes Township, is in court May 14, charged with one count of illegal voting. He also is seeking diversion. He is accused of voting for his deceased wife who requested an absentee ballot before she died.
I vote they all lose the right to vote for life, in addition to any other punishments, plus have a permanent mark on their records.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Still think they should make an example out of every voting fraud case. Give them 20 years so that in 2014 folks remember the cost of their chipping away at our democracy with a pickaxe. Bastards.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-04-17 14:53  

#4  I agree AlanC, and don't forget the obvious second order benefits of trashing organized religion and the elderly.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-04-17 09:25  

#3  This strikes me as a diversion. One poor little nun votes for someone else and is caught. The PtB can now walk around with puffed up chests saying how they're cracking down....all the while ignoring the industrial scale voter fraud being perpetrated at party HQ. Bleeehh.
Posted by: AlanC   2013-04-17 07:20  

#2  I wonder for who all of these dead people voted?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-04-17 01:10  

#1  In the old days, conviction of a felony did involve forfeiting the right to vote in most states. Of course in the real old days before prison warehousing took hold, conviction of a felony usually meant a hanging too. However, as often noted on the Rant, that wouldn't effect voting, as this case demonstrates Sister Rose Marie Hewitt's exercise of the franchise after death.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-04-17 00:36  

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